MLWGS Winter 2020

Date: Jan 18, 2020
City: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Venue: Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
Address: 1000 N Lombardy St, Richmond, VA 23220
Details: Gymnasium
Contact: jleem2b@gmail.com, cuber314159@comcast.net, johnstaley02@gmail.com, mrrosspgeorge@gmail.com, csakowski@worldcubeassociation.org
Organizers: Jacob Lee, John Staley, Ross George, and Ryland Wilson
WCA Delegates: Corey Sakowski and Keaton Ellis

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Information

The venue asks that competitors and spectators only wear soft-soled shoes to protect the gymnasium floor. Please do not wear heels, cleats, or anything similar to the venue.

A second round of Pyraminx (Top 16) and/or a second round of 3x3x3 One-handed (Top 16) will be held before 3x3x3 Cube Final only if there is extra time.

Proceeds for this competition will go toward the Foundation for Sarcoidosis research.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 84

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 90 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Information" tab.

WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 90 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.

Competitors and guests must wear tennis shoes or any other soft soled shoes.
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Keaton Ellis won with an average of 8.50 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Deniz Atak finished second (9.50) and Jonathan Tilahun finished third (9.71).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Keaton Ellis	7.67	8.50	United States	9.65	11.45	7.87	7.67	7.99
4x4x4 Cube	Keaton Ellis	32.99	33.96	United States	32.99	33.57	33.09	35.55	35.22
5x5x5 Cube	Keaton Ellis	1:02.19	1:05.84	United States	1:08.32	1:02.19	1:11.48	1:05.07	1:04.12
3x3x3 One-Handed	Keaton Ellis	11.12	11.80	United States	11.75	16.60	11.57	12.08	11.12
Pyraminx	Michael Nielsen	1.91	2.74	United States	2.42	2.61	1.91	3.20	4.08

The school is located here:

Map

Please park in the student parking lot that is circled on the map provided.

The competition will be held in the gym which is on the second floor of the school; there will be signs directing you there.

Lunch will be provided with registration for competitors only. It will be pizza and a drink. Allergy concerns include (but may not be limited to): gluten (wheat, rye, barley). There are other potential lunch options within the city, but not immediately next to the school.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING

For First-Time Competitors

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules. In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.

For All Competitors

When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling/running assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:

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If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.

Time limit

If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).

Cutoff

The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).

Format

The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.